「睡了吗」「没」

类别:情绪

讲述深夜心碎无助时发给老友的一句问候,以及对方秒回电话带来的无言守候与温情。

时长 55 秒 · 语速 152 wpm

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At two in the morning, everything feels worse. 凌晨两点,任何糟糕的情绪都会被放大。

The room is too quiet. 屋子里太安静了。

Your thoughts are too loud. 脑子里的声音又太吵了。

I'd had bad news that day. 那天我收到了一个坏消息。

But I couldn't sleep, and I didn't want to wake anyone. 可我翻来覆去睡不着,又不想吵醒任何人。

I picked up my phone 我拿起手机,

and typed two words to my oldest friend. 给我认识最久的朋友发了两个字。

"You up?" “睡了吗?”

I almost deleted it. 发出去前我差点删掉。

She has a baby. 她要带孩子,

She has work in the morning. 明早还得上班。

I pressed send, and put the phone face down. 我还是按了发送,然后把手机反扣在桌上。

It buzzed in three seconds. 三秒钟后,手机震动了一下。

"Yes." “没呢。”

Before I could answer, it buzzed again. 我还没来得及回,它又震了一下。

"Calling you." “给你打电话。”

She didn't ask what was wrong. 她没问我怎么了,

She didn't say it was late. 没说现在太晚了,

She didn't type a long message full of good advice. 也没打一大堆长篇大论来安慰我。

Her voice was thick with sleep. 电话那头,她的声音还带着浓浓的睡意。

I'm almost sure she wasn't up at all. 我几乎可以肯定,她根本就没醒着。

I think my message woke her. 是我那条消息把她吵醒的。

She has never admitted it. 但她从没承认过。

That's what a friend is. 真正的朋友,大概就是这样吧。

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